Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT01186900
Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Needle Aspiration and Open Incision and Drainage for Cutaneous Abscesses
Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Needle Aspiration and Open Incision and Drainage in the Management of Cutaneous Abscesses
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The investigators propose to conduct a, two armed, randomized, controlled pilot study to assess the clinical effects of a) open incision, drainage with daily packing changes, compared to b) Ultrasound guided needle aspiration, in drainage of uncomplicated cutaneous abscesses below the skin surface of adult emergency department patients using concealed allocation in evaluating patient satisfaction.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | ultrasound-guided needle aspiration | one time drainage at time of randomization |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2011-03-01
- Completion
- 2011-03-01
- First posted
- 2010-08-23
- Last updated
- 2011-08-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01186900. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.